2020年01月08日
Origami in America
I love the Japanese art of folding paper into the most beautiful shapes! My students love to do origami and will even start doing this in class, even with the paper backing from their stickers, instead of throwing their papers in the trash!
I looked up the definition of origami as I love to research anything I am interested in. "Origami is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word "origami" is used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin." This made me think of my home in America. We fold paper into airplanes, but we do something else that I always found fun. As early as a child can cut with scissors in school, children make paper snowflakes! You fold paper a special way, and cut designs in it. The fun part is opening your paper and seeing all the beautiful artistic designs you've just made- MAGIC!!
With the winter season here, I thought my students would have fun making them as they love to fold paper so much. To my surprise, they were afraid to cut the paper!! Even the older students! But when I assured them that they were going to create a beautiful artistic masterpiece, and then showed them my example, they hesitantly tried. Their eyes were huge when they saw their own snowflake creation!! They did not want to stop "creating" when class was done! One student got so artistic, he made snowmen and pine trees in his! WAY TO GO!!
